Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Game Show History, November 21-30

NOVEMBER 25
1925: Jack Clark (The Cross-Wits host, announcer for Password & Wheel of Fortune) born

NOVEMBER 26
1956: The original version of The Price Is Right debuts (NBC) hosted by Bill Cullen

NOVEMBER 27
1981: Las Vegas Gambit (NBC) ends

NOVEMBER 28
1993: host Garry Moore (I've Got A Secret, To Tell The Truth) dies

NOVEMBER 29
1955: Comedian, actor and Deal Or No Deal host Howie Mandel born
1999: Original Tonight Show announcer and Match Game host Gene Rayburn dies

NOVEMBER 30
1960: Announcer Rich Fields (The Price Is Right) born

R.I.P. Charlie O'Donnell (1932-2010.) O'Donnell announced for several game shows including Wheel of Fortune, The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough, and was Dick Clark's sidekick on American Bandstand in the late-1950s.

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